Ann Alexander
Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

Ann Alexander is a Senior Attorney with the Midwest Program of the Natural Resources Defense Council.  She is the lead attorney at NRDC in its advocacy of improved water quality standards for the Chicago River, an issue she has worked on for nearly 5 years.  Her other work at NRDC covers a wide range of regionally significant issues, including clean energy, Clean Water Act implementation, and invasive species.  Previously, she served as Environmental Counsel to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, overseeing a broad range of environmental initiatives; and as a Clinical Professor of Law at the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic in Newark, New Jersey.  She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1984, and he law degree from Columbia University in 1987.